Where are the Nursing Shortages??!!!???

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I'm annoyed. :banghead: When I first decided to go back to school after 15 years of graduating from High School, career counselors and nurses alike told me to go and become a Nurse because we would always be able to find a job no matter where you went due to the nursing shortage. I'm sorry but they were dead wrong. We are having problems getting hired here in Iowa and I've even applied on-line in various states including NC with no avail.

Is there a nursing shortage in your state/city? If so, please state where you live because I can't seem to find a hospital that wants to hire a New Grad.

hi, thank you for your post, it gives me hope. do u know agencies that will hire new grads and hospitals too. thank you:)

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I live in the Metro Detroit area and I've heard the job market is very dry here. I'm still in school though so I don't have personal experience.

I have heard from instructors that your first big challenge after nursing school is getting that first years experience then after that more jobs start opening up

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That is scary. I have a friend that graduates next month. She just went in debt on two vehicles thinking it will be a piece of cake for her to get an RN job :rolleyes:

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Definitely no shortage in Philadelphia. I am a new grad and been working on a telemetry floor as a tech for over 3 years, 2 in psych before that in the ED for extra time all during the 5 years. I'm ACLS qualified, can start IV's, read monitors yet I can't even get an interview in this city or anywhere close by. I am only about 25 hospitals short of applying to every hospital in the entire state of PA and still nothing. I'm more than confused about this shortage and even more confused as to what more qualifications ( or am I already over qualified?) are needed to be considered for even an interview.

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I'm more than confused about this shortage and even more confused as to what more qualifications ( or am I already over qualified?) are needed to be considered for even an interview.

It has nothing to do with being overqualified -- it's your lack of experience as an RN, even with all your great tech experience. It's a catch-22 ... you lack the experience to procure a job to gain the experience you need. New grads are expensive to train, and no one has funds right now. The key is just convincing one person to take a chance on you. Hang in there, don't give up!

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I second Mrfiggity. Philadelphia is just horrible right now. Although I am actually amazed that with his/her experience, no job interviews or offers have been made. Scary. :(

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The job market is tight for new graduates nearly everywhere in the US. An article from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in June 2010 indicated that only in Nevada and Alaska were there more new grad jobs than there were graduates of nursing programs. The other 48 states this year had more graduates than entry-level jobs.

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It has nothing to do with being overqualified -- it's your lack of experience as an RN, even with all your great tech experience. It's a catch-22 ... you lack the experience to procure a job to gain the experience you need. New grads are expensive to train, and no one has funds right now. The key is just convincing one person to take a chance on you. Hang in there, don't give up!

In what I have seen it has to be over qualification. The only new grads that I know with jobs have 0 work experience. I don't mean just in health care its only people who never held a job before. Oddly enough I also thought that being a disabled vet I would at least be getting some consideration (I do not want pity or a handout) at a minimum an interview. The only thing I can think of is that I am overqualified for entry level and all the health systems want is 20-24 year old girls who they can push around and treat like crap. Or I am just making excuses so I feel better about myself. But if the facts are laid out a disabled vet with over 5 years hospital experience vs a 22 year old with no previous work history who would you choose?

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I have been in nursing a long time now and worked at several different facilities in different states. What is common to all. 1) is that there is a long list of jobs available printed by HR and yet the nurses are working short. this leaves no reason to try and fill positions. 2) is that the administration portion of all these hospitals is growing much largerand faster than the patient care wings. It's a BUSINESS.:cool:

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does anyone happen to know much about the situation in LA? I've looked up few hospitals and most of them seem to have a lot of RN positions open.... but at the same time if most employers are looking for the experienced RN's this makes me kind of nervous about going into a 53,000$ program =|...

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